Several years ago, I advocated for moving the Fossil Point eBird Hotspot from
the rocky point WEST of the pumphouse parking lot to the parking lot itself to
inform visiting birders how to access the area. This was especially helpful
when birders came to view the Common Eider which was not viewable from the
parking lot, but around the corner and roosting south on Fossil Point proper.
Essentially what you are advocating for is the loss of the name of Fossil Point
as a birding location and changing the name to an antiquated and colloquilal
name that most people have never heard of and can't be found on a map. Putting
a Hotspot on Fossil Point proper (map location) would be nonsensical as this
area is private and only accessible by a long walk at low tide.
Pigeon Point has the same issue. The eBird Hotspot marker is at the location
where the trail through the woods pops out onto the beach, north of Pigeon
Point proper (also private). I am sure that locals also have some colloquial
name for this beach as well.
Possible solutions, if really necessary, could be to put the Hotspot marker
back on the western unnamed point that the majority of us call Fossil Point or
change the name of the Hotspot to something like "Fossil Point access."
Russ Namitz
Coos eBird Reviewer
